walk out and give it to guy. he gives them a few hundred bucks and that s that. reporter: he represents manuel acosta who recruited a dozen straw buyers including an villa who bought the guns that killed terry. they alone purchased 290 guns. out of 20 fast and furious defendants, 19 were back on the street within hours of their arrest. alfredo, my name is william la jeunesse, i m a correspondent with fox news. anything you want to say to the people who have been harmed by the guns that you bought? he s not going to say anything. you need to talk to his lawyer. reporter: together the group bought 2,000 weapons while agents watched cameras, installed by atf, inside gun stores. were they told go ahead with the sale? that s part of the problem. they were.
walk out and give it to guy. he gives them a few hundred bucks and that s that. reporter: he represents manuel acosta who recruited a dozen straw buyers including an villa who bought the guns that killed terry. they alone purchased 290 guns. out of 20 fast and furious defendants, 19 were back on the street within hours of their arrest. alfredo, my name is william la jeunesse, i m a correspondent with fox news. anything you want to say to the people who have been harmed by the guns that you bought? he s not going to say anything. you need to talk to his lawyer. reporter: together the group bought 2,000 weapons while agents watched cameras, installed by atf, inside gun stores. were they told go ahead with the sale? that s part of the problem. they were.
experts say there is a way to extend that. in any case, breivik says he expects to spend the rest of his life behind bars. bret? greg burke early tuesday morning in oslo. greg, thank you. it appears some of your tax money has found its way to the taliban in afghanistan. the pentagon says funds from a $2.1 billion trucking contract to get supplies to american troops were funneled to the militants. a pentagon spokesman says a new contract will be awarded and applicants will be more thoroughly vetted. we have an update tonight on the u.s. government law enforcement initiative that allowed guns to fall into the hands of mexican criminals. we have an exclusive report on some of the buyers in operation fast and furious. it s a lot of guns. that was the first thing that came into mind. this attorney represents manuel acosta, the man accused of recruiting 19 straw buyers later indicted for smuggling
manuel acosta, the man accused of recruiting 19 straw buyers later indicted for smuggling guns to mexico. they walk into a store, fill out a form, they buy a couple of rifles and walk out and give it to the guy. he gives them a few hundred bucks. to purchase a gun every buyer fills out this form. it asks, have you ever been indicted for a felony, been charged with a crime that allows for a year in jail? are you subject to a restraining order? the gun stores forwards that to the fbi, which then approves, denies or delays the purchase. hi. is jacob here? jacob actually isn t here right now. we tried tracking down buyers jacob chambers and sean stewart. both had criminal records which should have made them prohibited purchasers. instead the pair was allowed to buy 363 guns. you can t sanction illegal activity to further an i will founded, ill conceived